All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine

All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine image
ISBN-10:

1422367150

ISBN-13:

9781422367155

Author(s): Terry Teachout
Released: Jun 26, 2004
Publisher: Harcourt
Format: Hardcover, 185 pages
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Product Description Twenty years after his death, George Balanchine still dominates the world of ballet. Not only have his works been danced by the New York City Ballet continuously since 1948, but they also have been performed by more than two dozen other companies throughout the world. In clear and elegant writing, Terry Teachout brings to life the dramatic story of George Balanchine, a Russian émigré who fell in love with American culture, married four times and kept a mistress on the side, and transformed the art of ballet forever.Martha Graham said that watching George Balanchine choreograph a ballet was like watching light pass through a prism. The music passes through him, and in the same natural yet marvelous way that a prism refracts light, he refracts music into dance. Two decades after his death, the ruthless, enigmatic founder of N.Y. City Ballet still dominates the world of dance. He worked with Serge Diaghilev -- and Sam Goldwyn. He made ballets to the music of Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky -- and to The Stars & Stripes Forever. His plotless, seemingly abstract dances were as romantic as the genius who made them. Here is the dramatic story of the greatest choreographer -- and why his ballets will be even more significant in the century to come. Illus. Review PRAISE FOR TERRY TEACHOUT"Terry Teachout is the kind of tour guide a first-rate biography requires-vivid storytelling by a guide who is both appreciative and independent."-Ken AulettaPRAISE FOR THE SKEPTIC"A lively and unvarnished portrayal of a complex and fascinating figure."-The Baltimore Sun

--The Baltimore Sun About the Author Terry Teachout writes about literature and the arts for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the National Review, and the Washington Post. He is the author of The Skeptic: A Life of H. L. Mencken and The Terry Teachout Reader. He lives in New York City.












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